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The normal way that this works is that these people have got the details for a number of bank accounts. They obviously can't just transfer the money to their own accounts, because they'll get caught. Instead, they transfer the money to your account, pretending to be a customer of "BMS", and then you are expected to take 90% of the money out of your account and send it on to the end reciever via an untracable channel - that's why they mention Western Union and Money Gram. You get to keep the 10%! Of course as soon as the victims discover their money gone missing, the fraud squad easily find that it's YOUR account that money got sent to. The people that you've sent the money on to have long since vanished - the recipient was probably abroad and Western Union payments can easily be made untracable. I believe the legal position is that you would be criminally prosecuted for fraud and would be civically liable for paying ALL the moneys back.

This looks like a real job advert. It probably is a real job advert. Problem is that the job is for money laundering. Which is illegal. Very illegal. You'd probably even genuinely get the 10% commission. Right up until the point where you get caught and jailed.

Like michael says - it really depends on the market - all the fruit and veg stalls at the Guildford market seem to be selling the same imported wholesale stuff as the supermarkets.

I recently bought a still camera that records HD video. The Fuji 2000HD. Under £200. Only issue that it seems to have around video is that HD is limited to 15minute clips. Quality seems okay, but not really played with it enough to recommend it or not yet.

Think I've spotted your two mistakes. I can't believe that the ebay/paypal horror stories just keep coming and coming......... and this is just a car enthusiast site. Doesn't that suggest something? Remember: EBay dodgy. PayPal very dodgy.

"I am employed by the government as an unwanted goods redistribution engineer"

£50/month mobile contract? £50 on your land line and internet?

lol - sorry - having a silly moment. It's been one of those days!

No. In Norfolk it's all relatives. On another note - how can you tell your keyboard is gay?! By trying to pound it?

Thinking about it, at that income rate, you could buy another N/A every month!

Did you have an agreed value arrangement on it? All mods declared?

My income per month after taxes is significantly above the average earner.

heh - that always happens at Brixton - the people in the seating upstairs tend to get overexcited too, which can result in raining drinks!

Yep! Hopefully we'll even make it there this time! :D :D I'm actually really looking forward to S*M*A*S*H too, so we'll be there nice and early..... First round is on me!

Blackie has gone..... .....To dream the impossible dream .....To fight the unbeatable foe .....To bear with unbearable sorrow .....To run where the brave dare not go .....To right the unrightable wrong .....To love pure and chaste from afar .....To try when your arms are to weary .....To reach the unreachable star

Couldn't agree more! - our company is apparently trying to adopt an alternative - the Zachman framework - but the team trying to bring it in doesn't actually have any control of the people doing the real delivery work, so it largely gets ignored!

ITIL and ISEB are purely infrastructure and service management approaches, are they not? TOGAF is an enterprise architecture methodology - which means it ultimately encompasses the entire solution lifecycle - everything from business management through solution architecture and design to infrastructure and support. I think you'll find it quite high-level compared to things like ITIL. Therefore, good for career progression and director-level jobs - and virtually useless for actually getting real work done! The only Open Group people I know who have actually installed, owned and run TOGAF within organisations are all at director level and are all from software development and architecture backgrounds. That said - always nice to add to the CV if you are looking for applying for a position in a company that uses TOGAF (or, in fact, even if it just demonstrates an overall awareness of Enterprise Architecture, it is probably very useful).

Pod is a great album - true (although Last Splash tends to be the one that I pull out most often). Yeah - dinner with the Breeders (of sorts!) - funny story that! Was at their previous visit to the UK (think it was 2005) - they were playing at Blackheath Halls - a local venue normally reserved for chamber music and choir groups by the looks of it. We got their early, so we popped into a nearby pizza place, and got directed to the only remaining empty table in one corner of the restaurant. Not long after we sat down, a strange french girl wandered over to our table and asked to join us - but the conversation was almost impossible (she had very poor english and us very poor french), so we weren't really sure what she was going on about when she started asking us if we were going to the gig, if we knew the band and how we'd managed to book that table....... It was only after we'd started eating, and a few minutes after she'd given up trying to make us understand what she meant and had left in frustration that we actually realised what she'd been going on about. At the very next table were the band!!! I'd been sat no more than 3 feet away from Kelley, on the same bench the whole bl**dy time - as they'd been sat there quietly, we'd been too distracted by our new, funny, foreign friend to even notice! They were really friendly, and had a quick chat before they had to head off to get ready - top gig it was too!

Interested that you liked Mountain Battles, as I think the album is particularly weak. That said, it turned out it was only the production that was poor, tho - we went to see them in Camden in April (unfortunately didn't get to have dinner with them beforehand like we did at the last gig ), and the songs had a lot more energy performed live than came across on the recorded versions - maybe I just don't have the ear for it...... Overall, I don't think 2008 has been a particularly great year for new music. But maybe that says more about me than about the music scene! Maybe I'm finally getting old!

From a independent spectator's point of view, I'd probably recommend watching the Knights anyway - if they're still playing at Aldershot, there's at least a covered stand (so there's somewhere to sit out of the rain), which is rare for UK amateur teams. I am always happy to go along to a few Knights games. It's been a while, but there's one or two familiar faces still there. The British league does play over the Summer, though, Rosie - so we'll have to wait until the next season kicks off (March/April?). If I don't remember, remind me again nearer the time, and we'll sort something out....

Nearest teams would probably be: Farnham Knights - Scooter and my old team - premier league team which reached the national semis last year. Southern Sundevils - strong division one team based in Portsmouth. Good coaching squad led them to second place in the 1st Div Southern Conference last season.

For the "breathers" bit, it's a bit of an odd comparison, because although each play in american football only lasts 10s or so (at most), everybody on the field is giving 100% (full speed sprinting, etc.) for those 10s. Then we all need a few seconds breather - it certainly never felt like quite long enough to me! In comparison, whilst there is watchable action ALL the time in other sports like rugby, most players aren't playing flat out for periods much longer than 10s either, between which they're just jogging back into position, getting up from a collapsed maul, etc. - the only difference is that you don't notice them "taking a breather", because the action is somewhere else on the pitch. That said, in my experience, because of the rolling substitutions in american football, there isn't the same need for overall fitness, and players focus instead on speed and strength. As such, I would say the average rugby player is slightly fitter, whereas the average american football player is slightly faster and/or stronger (apart from myself, who actually seemed to be less fit, slower and weaker than everyone in both sports! ). The 10-seconds-of-everybody-at-100%-then-resting aspect of american football can also make it a poorer spectator experience in my opinion - from a spectators point of view, you really have to be watching it for the between-plays tactical aspects, or it feels very disjoint compared to a flowing game of rugby (union). Essay over

Very much an idiot! ....and very much an ex- these days, unfortunately. ....but I still wouldn't have said that to them when they lined up if it wasn't for you being inbetween most of the big, scary ones and me, mate! If anyone out there is ever tempted to even try the game - especially before criticising it out of hand - try going along to a local team during the pre-season training and giving it a go - most teams will be happy to have new guys try out, and it's a great game once you get the basics sorted (at least, that's what they tell me ).

Stupid sport played by idiots, if you ask me!

Was the F for English, perchance? Fluffer? Seriously, tho - with A levels, a good work attitude and a partway decent interview, should be plenty of apprentice-type engineering jobs available at your age.